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Jan 31 2009

Photo of the Day: The Cone Nebula

Published by mikeywriteswell at 12:00 am under Photojournalism/Art Edit This

A nebula is an elaborate cluster of stars that cannot be seen by the naked eye and only captured by high-powered telescope.

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The Cone Nebula (as taken by the Hubble Telescope)
The part pictured here is 2.5 light years in length (the equivalent of 23 million return trips to the Moon).
Source: http://pictures.streakr.com/hubble.htm

Wax for the stars!

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